Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK5639NE PARK ROW
646-1/19/468 (East side)
No.53
Tower House

GV II

House. 1827-33, probably designed by PF Robinson and built by
William Paterson for the fourth Duke of Newcastle. Altered
c1860, by TC Hine, raised and altered c1880 by Watson
Fothergill. Red brick, mainly rendered, with rock-faced ashlar
basement and timber-framed attic with brick nogging.
Terracotta dressings and slate roofs. 2 coped side wall
stacks, rendered.
String courses, ground floor and first floor terracotta
friezes, cornice and coped parapet. 3 storeys plus basement
and attics; 3 window range. Projecting central tower porch,
square, with pyramidal roof and finial. Ground floor has 2
round-headed sashes with a central shaft, carrying a corbel.
Above, a canted stone bay window, hipped, with 3 sashes. Above
again, a smaller window, 3-lights with round-arched plain
sashes. Attic has a small plain sash to each return. Basement
has 2 small windows and side door. To left, a balustrade wall
with ramped coping and square end pier with cornice. Porch
left return has stone steps to a round-arched side doorway
with double shafts and 4-panel door with lattice overlight.
Flanking the porch, large basement windows, that to left with
glazing bars. Above, single glazing bar sashes, and above
again, smaller glazing bar sashes.
(Get to know Nottingham: Brand K: Watson Fothergill,
Architect: Nottingham: 1987-: 17).

Listing NGR: SK5676339705

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26681761

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)